Indian shares rise as foreign inflows show signs of revival after US trade deal

Feb 10, 2026, 11:38 GMT+7
By Vivek Kumar M
Reuters - Indian equity benchmarks climbed in early trading on Tuesday, extending recent gains as investor sentiment improved on signs of a recovery in foreign portfolio inflows following a trade agreement with the United States.
The Nifty 50was up 0.34% at 25,955.2, while the BSE Sensexadded 0.35% to 84,361.9 as of 10:03 a.m. IST. The blue-chip indexes have gained more than 3% in the six sessions since New Delhi and Washington announced a long-awaited trade deal.
"The announcement of India-U.S. trade deal and its immediate impact on foreign fund flows have brought back some confidence in the market. There is higher willingness among investors to make risky bets in the broader market," said Sunny Agrawal, head of fundamental equity research at SBICAPS Securities.
Foreign investors purchased Indian shares worth 22.55 billion rupees ($248.6 million) on Monday, as per provisional data and have bought $1.3 billion of Indian equities so far in February, after three consecutive months of selling.
Wider Asian markets rose following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's decisive election victory over the weekend.
MSCI 's broadest index for Asia Pacific stocks outside Japan rose 0.7%, while Japanese stocks soared 2.5% to a record high.
In India, the broader small-capsand mid-capsgained 0.6% and 0.2%, respectively. They have risen 5.9% and 5.1%, respectively, in the last six days.
Twelve of the 16 major sectors advanced on Tuesday. Auto stocksrose 0.8%, while metalsadded 0.7%.
Among stocks, exchange operator BSEjumped about 6% as higher transaction revenue drove a sharp increase in its third-quarter revenue and profit.
Industrial machinery maker ISGEC Heavy Engineeringsoared 18% on upbeat quarterly results, while Texmaco Rail & Engineeringfell 2.3% after a drop in December-quarter profit.

Sumber : Reuters